Creative Technology recently launched the Creative SB Inferno gaming headset for PC, Mac, mobile gaming and PS4 – and here is our review.
Specifications
Headphone
· Drivers: 40mm Neodymium Magnet
· Frequency Response: 20Hz ~ 20kHz
· Impedance: 32 ohms
· Sensitivity: 115dB/mW
Microphone
· Type: Noise Cancelling Condenser
· Frequency Response: 100Hz~15kHz
· Impedance: <2.2kohms
· Sensitivity: -40dBV/Pa
A Closer Look
Final Thoughts
The use of both black and red colours really makes the SB Inferno striking.
The headset’s 40mm full spectrum Neodymium drivers deliver good quality audio, and with its plush earpads and the lightweight headband the Inferno is comfortable to wear for extended periods of time.
Attaching, and detaching the microphone is very easy, and the quality is good. The microphone is bendable so that it doesn’t get in your way but is there when you need it! You can also control whether the mic is on or off from the control on the cord which also includes a volume control.
Using the SB Inferno with something like a PS4 is as simple as plugging it into the controller.
The SB Inferno’s audio quality can be further enhanced when it is coupled with a dedicated Sound Blaster internal sound card featuring CrystalVoice technologies designed specifically to eliminate unwanted background noise, as well as enhance voice quality. For this review we didn’t have access to one so we can’t comment on how they sound together, but you would like to think Creative would know what they are doing.
If you are in the market for a low cost good quality wired headset then you should definitely take a look at the Creative SB Inferno.
The Creative SB Inferno Gaming Headset is available now for £39.99 and you can learn more from the Creative website.
I use a Sony Gold Wireless headset with the PS4, a Medusa NX headset with the 360 (both of these rock incidentally, best I’ve ever owned) but for the PC I’ve only got headphones (SHP2500 Philips) which have a dodgy connection and give me mono sound most of the time. I keep meaning to upgrade but instead keep entering competitions to win them. I just won a copy of Debug on Blu-ray from you so I figure I might as well keep trying as I might be on a roll 🙂